Since 2015 she has been conducting independent, Institutional Review Board -approved research as the principal investigator into female veteran homelessness, both a pilot study and a follow-up study. She has also created an award-winning series of data visualizations about population characteristics in a major American city. She has presented on both these topics at a wide range of conferences, panels, board meetings and workshops, from those focusing on academic research to advocacy to general information for the public to use in decision-making. She is a member of the American Public Health Association (APHA), the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS), the Alamo Regional Data Alliance (ARDA), the P16Plus Data Council and several others.